This is a typical Sunday morning - wake up, bring down the dog, and wash up for breakfast. Breakfast is a no-brainer. Instant noodles! They have a bad rap for being high in salt and other unpronounceable chemicals, thus the once-a-week rule. Well, for the most part, that is. Could I make this blog an excuse to have them more often? Yes and YES! :-D
Anyway, I'll do this week's review on Nissin Deman Noodles - Chicken Sesame Ramen. Aside from the cooking directions, the package is mostly in Chinese, which contrary to my chinky eyes, I cannot read if my life depended on it.
Here's what you get - noodles, powdered soup mix, and a small packet of fragrant sesame oil - I wish there was more of this.
It cooks for 3 minutes in boiling water, but I added an extra minute cause I like my noodles puffy. After taking it off the heat, mix in the powdered soup mix and the awesome sesame oil.
Come to think of it, this tastes and smells like another chicken-flavored Nissin instant ramen I used to eat in grade school. Only difference, is, that one was neon yellow, while this one looks like a light broth. I guess neon food doesn't sell too well.
Anyway, this is what you get. I added sliced breaded chicken to jazz it up.
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| Unfortunately, that is a plain ol' chicken nugget. Sophistication just flew out the window. |
The Verdict:
(Out of a possible FIVE chopsticks)
Texture
Fine noodles (finer than regular ramen), but still nice and chewy. It even withstood my overcooking tendencies!
Taste Tastes like chicken. No, really! :-p
Quite salty for my taste; had to add water to dilute the soup. Halfway through the bowl, I was so overwhelmed with the saltiness that I thought I'd had enough. But I am not one to leave a bowl of yumminess (however salty) unfinished. Weeee!
Size
It's huge! The package says 100 grams, and you cook it in 500 grams of water. Does that make total serving 600 grams? In any case, this WILL fill you up.
Value - N/A
Since my sister's friend Akhmed Mohammed got this for me, not sure how much it cost.
